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"Brilliant Disguise" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 album ''Tunnel of Love''. It was released as the first single from the album, reaching the #5 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States. The follow-up single, "Tunnel of Love", also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, giving Springsteen two consecutive #1's.〔 The single had less commercial success in other countries. ==History== Like much of the ''Tunnel of Love'' album, "Brilliant Disguise" was recorded in Springsteen's home studio, called Thrill Hill East, between January and May 1987 with several members of the E Street Band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://brucebase.wikispaces.com/Tunnel+Of+Love+-+Studio+Sessions )〕 On this song, Springsteen played several instruments and is backed by Roy Bittan on keyboards, Danny Federici on organ and Max Weinberg on drums.〔 The lyrics of "Brilliant Disguise" represent a confession of self-doubt on the part of the singer. The emotions expressed in the song include confusion, jealousy and anxiety about whether the singer's wife has become a stranger to him.〔 The song deals with the masks people wear and the bitterness that can ensue when we realize the darkness that may lie behind those masks. The analogies to Springsteen's personal life at the time are evident: he had recently married then-model and actress Julianne Phillips, and the two would divorce in 1988. The references to marital problems are quite direct, as in the lyrics, "We stood at the alter ()/the gypsy swore our future was bright/but come the wee wee hours/Well maybe baby the gypsy lied."〔http://brucespringsteen.net/songs/brilliant-disguise〕 The song's quiet power builds slowly. The sound is scaled back from the typical E Street Band sound.〔 The singer struggles to do things right, but it doesn't help.〔 He can't trust either himself or his wife.〔 Both he and his wife continue to play their roles - he of a "faithful man", she of a "loving woman", but the singer is nonetheless wracked with self-doubt.〔 A key line towards the end of the song: "I wanna know if it's you I don't trust/Because I damn sure don't trust myself." sums up the emotions that resonate throughout the song, and indeed the entire second side of the ''Tunnel of Love'' album.〔 Springsteen himself wrote about the song "after '85 I'd had enough and turned inward to write about men, women and love, things that have previously been on the periphery of my work."〔 The song was later released on the compilation album ''The Essential Bruce Springsteen''. "Brilliant Disguise" has been ranked as the #1192 best song of all time, as well as the #27 song of 1987 and the #214 song of the 1980s, in an aggregation of critics' lists at acclaimedmusic.net.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs )〕 The song has also been listed as one of the all time great songs in Toby Creswell's "1001 songs" and as one of the 7500 most important songs from 1944 through 2000 by Bruce Pollock.〔 It was also ranked as the #6 single of 1987 by the Village Voice and the #51 single of 1987 by the New Musical Express.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1987.html )〕 The photograph on the original release picture sleeve was taken by Springsteen's sister Pamela Springsteen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brilliant Disguise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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